Rock salt roast prime rib is a classic dish that is perfect for special occasions. This method of cooking results in a tender, juicy, and flavorful roast that is sure to impress your guests. The key to a perfect rock salt roast prime rib is to use high-quality ingredients and to cook it properly. In this article, we will provide you with a step-by-step guide to making this delicious dish, as well as tips for choosing the best prime rib and cooking it to perfection.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
SALT-ENCRUSTED PRIME RIB
Restaurants have nothing on this recipe. For a true meat lover, it's very easy and the results are beyond belief. -Roger Bowlds, Bakersfield, California
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 2h30m
Yield 10 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°. Line a shallow roasting pan with heavy-duty foil. Place 3 cups salt on foil, spreading evenly to form a 1/2-in. layer. , Brush roast with Worcestershire sauce; sprinkle with pepper and garlic powder. Place roast on layer of salt, fat side up. In a small bowl, mix water and remaining salt (mixture should be just moist enough to pack). Beginning at the base of the roast, press salt mixture onto the sides and top of roast., Roast 15 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 325°. Roast 2 to 2-1/4 hours or until a thermometer reaches 130° for medium-rare; 145° for medium. (Temperature of roast will continue to rise about 15° upon standing.) Let stand 20 minutes., Remove and discard salt crust; brush away any remaining salt. Carve roast into slices.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 325 calories, Fat 18g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 107mg cholesterol, Sodium 900mg sodium, Carbohydrate 2g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 37g protein.
ROCK SALT ENCRUSTED PRIME RIB
This is one of the absolute best ways to taste what a real prime rib tastes like, and it's NOT like plain old roast beef!! This method also makes an extremely cool presentation that fascinates people with its looks. A big plus is that this method makes it easier to remove the rock salt from your roast. The only drawback I've found is that you can't really use the drippings for au jus or gravy because it's way too salty, so make that separately. Enjoy!
Provided by Chuck Dagel
Categories Main Dish Recipes Roast Recipes
Time 4h35m
Yield 15
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Rinse the roast and pat dry with paper towels. Mix the onion soup mix and pepper together in a small bowl. Rub the pepper mixture generously over all sides of the roast. Place the roast on a clean, dry baking sheet, and rest 30 to 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix the rock salt, flour, rosemary together in a bowl. Gradually pour in the water and mix by hand (wear gloves if desired) to make a thick, sticky batter or paste. Add more water if necessary. Spread the salt batter into the bottom of a roasting pan to make a layer 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick., reserving 1 to 2 cups. Place the roast, bones facing down, in the middle of the batter in the pan. Pull the batter up and around the roast to completely cover the meat. Pat on extra batter if necessary. Insert meat thermometer into the roast with its gauge positioned to be visible from the front of the oven (or use a regular meat thermometer).
- Cook in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove, and use remaining salt batter to patch any holes or breaks in the coating.
- Meanwhile, prepare au jus according to package directions leaving out 1/4 cup water to boost flavor, and keep warm.
- Return roast to the oven, and cook until internal temperature reaches 130 degrees F (54 degrees C), or to desired doneness. Remove roast, and rest 20 to 30 minutes until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F (60 degrees C). Chip off the crust and discard and then slice to serve. Serve garnished with horseradish and au jus.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2071.3 calories, Carbohydrate 55.7 g, Cholesterol 424.1 mg, Fat 153.2 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 109.3 g, SaturatedFat 62.6 g, Sodium 60362.5 mg, Sugar 1 g
ROCK SALT ROAST PRIME RIB
This is a very juicy prime rib which is easy to prepare. Surprisingly, it is not too salty and you can't taste the mustard. The horseradish sauce is great. Serve with Yorkshire pudding, or with a baked potato and a salad.
Provided by Dorothy Young
Categories Main Dish Recipes Roast Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil.
- Liberally coat the roast with mustard, so that it is entirely covered. Put a thick layer of rock salt on the foil in the roasting pan, about the size of the bottom of the roast. Set the bottom of the roast on the salt, and press down to embed the salt into the mustard. Completely cover the remainder of the roast with rock salt, pressing it into the mustard. (A lot of salt will fall off into the pan, but that doesn't hurt anything).
- Bake uncovered, in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F (65 degrees C). Let stand 15 minutes. The roast will be encased in a 'shell'. Hit the shell sharply with the back of a knife, and it will crack open and start to fall off. Remove the shell, and place the roast on a cutting board. Slice, and serve with horseradish sauce.
- Horseradish sauce: In a small bowl, whip the cream until stiff peaks form. Fold in horseradish to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2020.2 calories, Carbohydrate 10.6 g, Cholesterol 420.2 mg, Fat 183.8 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 80.3 g, SaturatedFat 81.6 g, Sodium 112558.2 mg, Sugar 4.4 g
ROCK SALT PRIME RIB
This is the only recipe that my family will ever use for prime rib. No other will do... I know that the ingredients may seem a little strange, but believe me, it is wonderful!! They guys in our family especially get a kick out of this one as they get to make the pan and use a few tools... have fun!!
Provided by Mrs. Lumpy
Categories Meat
Time 3h30m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Get out a large aluminum throw away roasting pan (the deeper the beater) and 4 or 6 aluminum "ribbed" drip pans to make side-boards for the roasting pan, nails and a hammer.
- Preheat oven to 550 degrees.
- Mix crushed garlic, horseradish and pepper.
- Run over entire roast.
- Remove you oven rack and place on a strong table and place roaster on the rack.
- Standing drip pans on their side, line the roaster with the drip pans and pour 2 inches of roack salt in the roaster to help secure the drip pans.
- Sprinkle the two inches of rocksalt with one glass of water and pat down firmly.
- Place prime rib, fatty side up, in the center of the roaster, on top of the rock salt.
- Pour remaining rock salt on the roast making sure that all of the roast has at least one inch of rock salt covering it (you may need to use a nail or staple to join the drip pans if they appear to leak the rock salt).
- Sprinkle more water and pat down until there are NO CRACKS!
- Place the roast rack on the lowest possible setting in your oven and cook 20 minutes per pound for rare (center will be rare-rare) or 21 minutes per pound medium rare (rare with a firm center).
- Remove the roast from the oven and take outside and place on concrete (wood cannot stand the heat!) and break open with a hammer.
- Remove the roast.
- Brush clinging salt from the roast with a vegetable brush.
- Juice will be extra red and the roast will be extremely juicy!
- The rock salt will not make the meat salty, only in some instances on the outer "crispy" areas.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1815.3, Fat 152.9, SaturatedFat 63.3, Cholesterol 385.6, Sodium 295.6, Carbohydrate 0.2, Protein 102.4
SALT ROASTED PRIME RIBS OF BEEF
Provided by Chuck Hughes
Time 3h35m
Yield 4 hefty servings; 8 regular servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F.
- In a bowl stir the salt and water together and add flour for some extra binding. Froth up the egg whites with a fork, add to the salt and flour and blend until the mixture forms a stiff paste resembling wet snow while holding its shape when you squeeze it together.
- Spread the mixture to form a salt bed in the bottom of a large roasting pan, and lay the roast on top, fat-side down. Cover it all over with the rosemary, thyme and cracked black peppercorns, pressing into the roast to make sure it adheres well. Coat it completely with the salt dough, patting it well so that when it roasts it will solidify into a solid casing. It needs to be about 1/4-inch thick.
- Roast the beef for 20 minutes per pound for medium-rare.
- Transfer the beef to a cutting board, let it rest for 15 minutes and then, cut the casing open and slice in between the bones for nice manly servings. You can also remove the bones and slice thinner if you want.
KOSHER SALT ENCRUSTED PRIME RIB ROAST
Be sure and remove the coating before slicing this prime rib roast. You will be amazed at the juiciness and incredible flavor of the meat.
Provided by MARBALET
Categories Main Dish Recipes Roast Recipes
Time 4h40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 210 degrees F (100 degrees C).
- Cover the bottom of a roasting pan with a layer of kosher salt. Place the roast, bone side down, on the salt. Season the meat with the ground black pepper and seasoning salt, then cover completely with kosher salt.
- Roast in preheated oven for 4 to 5 hours, or until the internal temperature of the meat reaches 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
- Remove from oven and let rest for 30 minutes. This sets the juices and makes the roast easier to carve. (Note: Be sure to remove all the salt from the roast before serving.)
Nutrition Facts : Calories 391 calories, Carbohydrate 1.2 g, Cholesterol 107.1 mg, Fat 25.8 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 36.1 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, Sodium 30920.6 mg
STANDING RIB ROAST IN ROCK SALT
This recipe is so simple and yet so delicious. My dad used to make this when I was quite young (many years ago!) It is still a family favorite with my children and grandchildren - especially for holidays. No other seasoning is needed, and yet it has a wonderful flavor. The end pieces are well done for those who like it that way, but the center is rare to medium rare, and the juices are completely sealed in, so be careful when carving as the juices DO flow. Also, a great side dish with this roast is my "Easy quick garlic/dill potatoes".
Provided by NICK SUHADOLNIK
Categories Meat
Time 1h40m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Let beef roast set to room temp.
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
- With sharp steak knife puncture roast all over, placing slivered garlic in each puncture.
- Simply insert end of knife and place sliver of garlic down along blade, deep into the roast, before removing knife.
- Rub entire roast generously with worchestershire sauce.
- In roasting pan just large enough to hold roast, cover bottom with rock salt.
- Place roast on rock salt.
- Then cover roast completely with more rock salt, so that no meat is uncovered.
- Meat should not touch sides of roasting pan, but be completely encased in rock salt.
- (Note: I gently spray a slight amount of water over top of salt to enable it to"hold and set" firmly.) Place in 500 degree oven and roast for 15 minutes per pound.
- Remove meat from pan and place on cutting board, brushing off all rock salt, and cover with foil for 15-20 minutes before carving.
- Serve with favorite horseradish sauce.
- I prefer fresh ground horseradish from any supermarket deli.
- Horseradish can be made milder by mixing with mayonnaise.
ROCK SALT ROAST PRIME RIB
This is a very juicy rock salt prime rib that is easy to prepare. It's surprisingly not too salty, and you can't taste the mustard. The horseradish sauce is great. Serve with Yorkshire pudding or with a baked potato and a salad.
Provided by Allrecipes Member
Categories Roasts
Time 1h25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil.
- Liberally coat roast with mustard so that it is entirely covered. Put a thick layer of rock salt on the foil in the roasting pan, about the size of the bottom of roast. Set roast on salt and press down to embed salt into mustard. Completely cover roast with rock salt, pressing it into mustard. (A lot of salt will fall off into the pan, but that doesn't hurt anything).
- Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F (65 degrees C), about 1 hour. Let stand for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whip cream in a mixing bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold in horseradish to taste.
- The roast will be encased in a shell of salt. Hit the shell sharply with the back of a knife; it will crack open and start to fall off. Remove the shell.
- Place roast on a cutting board. Slice and serve with horseradish sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2020.2 calories, Carbohydrate 10.6 g, Cholesterol 420.2 mg, Fat 183.8 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 80.3 g, SaturatedFat 81.6 g, Sodium 112558.2 mg, Sugar 4.4 g
ROCK SALT ROAST
I'm told this is one of those recipes that looks awful but tastes great. Despite the coating, the beef will not be salty. Instead you will have a ery juicy roast, because the moisture is kept inside by the coating.
Provided by Sackville
Categories Meat
Time 2h20m
Yield 1 roast
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Season the meat with pepper.
- Insert a meat thermometer into the middle of the thickest part of the lean muscle.
- Slather the meat in mustard, until it is entirely covered.
- Cover a roasting pan in foil and then put a thick layer of rock salt on the bottom of the pan, about the size of the bottom of the roast.
- Set the bottom of the roast on the salt, and press down to embed the salt into the mustard.
- Completely cover the remainder of the roast with rock salt, pressing it into the mustard.
- A lot of salt will fall off into the pan, but that doesn't hurt.
- Roast eighteen minutes per pound for rare beef, twenty-two minutes for medium, and twenty-five minutes for well done.
- After the first fifteen minutes of roasting time, check the roast to make sure that the coating is still intact.
- Repair any cracks or holes, using any left over salt and mustard.
- Double check the degree of doneness on the meat thermometer near the end of the roasting time.
- Let stand 15 minutes.
- The roast will be encased in a'shell'.
- Hit the shell sharply with the back of a knife, and it will crack open and start to fall off.
- Remove the shell, and place the roast on a cutting board.
- Slice, and serve with horseradish sauce.
- Note: The roast will continue to cook if the hard shell is left on after roast is removed from the oven.
- One six-and-one-half-pound roast removed after roasting for fifteen minutes per pound reached a rare degree of doneness in twenty-five minutes with the coating left on.
Tips:
- For the best results, use a prime rib roast that is at least 3 inches thick.
- Make sure the roast is completely thawed before cooking.
- Season the roast generously with salt and pepper.
- Roast the beef fat side up on a rack in a roasting pan.
- Use a meat thermometer to ensure the roast is cooked to your desired doneness.
- Let the roast rest for at least 15 minutes before carving.
Conclusion:
Rock salt roast prime rib is an impressive and delicious dish that is perfect for a special occasion. With its succulent meat and flavorful crust, this roast is sure to be a hit with your guests. By following the tips in this article, you can create a perfect rock salt roast prime rib that will be the star of your next meal.
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